Commun ty Matters Farmington Presbyterian Manor
August 2017
“First Song,” a needlework by Helen Kripplaben.
Farmington artists reach Art is Ageless® masterpiece level Several winning artists in Farmington Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2018 Art is Ageless Calendar produced by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America. The followings works will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall. • “Morning Light,” a drawing by Susan E. Corvick • “Evening,” a drawing by Victoria WINNERS, continued on page 3
Education assistance helps launch career When Kaye Keith was a CNA at another senior care community, a resident fell on the way back from the bathroom. He was having a heart attack. The only other staff member around was a medication tech. Neither she nor Kaye knew CPR. It was a helpless feeling, and Kaye never wanted to feel that way again. “I thought, I want to be able to do more.” So when Kaye came to work at Farmington Presbyterian Manor in 1989, she soon took advantage of the employee education assistance benefit. Kaye received financial assistance that helped her obtain LPN certification. “I would have been able to do it all on my own, but it might have taken me longer,” she said. “It would have been harder for me to do it by getting (other) grants, and I was able to work a little bit versus working full time. It let me focus on my studies.” The education assistance program provides scholarships to employees for accredited educational programs leading to a certification, license or degree. Applications are accepted and reviewed every spring. To be ASSISTANCE, continued on page 2